Sen. Boxer Wants to Know ...

A couple of very excellent questions from Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) in an email about the Foley scandal today:

• Why did Congressman Alexander, who was contacted by the fearful parents, take the issue to the head of the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee but didn't tell the only Democrat on the Page Board? Was it considered a "political" matter rather than an ethics or criminal matter, as it clearly seemed to be?
  
  
• Was Foley's $100,000 contribution to the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee that was accepted in July AFTER the Republican leadership knew of his e-mails some kind of hush money?